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INTERVIEW
INTERVIEW
This month our magazine seats down with one of the older acts
still around, KOX BOX! Let’s see what Frank E has to say for
this big psychedelic journey of his life.
PM: Where, how and why did it all begin for you?
FR: The Koxbox story started for me in Goa as an idea
of making electronic music in the mid eighties. And
I had the first 5 Koxbox tracks ready for the Goa
season 88/89. I have been making music most
of my life, playing in bands, and when I dis
covered electronic music, I knew that that was
what I wanted to do in life. So I started Koxbox
and got signed for a record deal very quickly with
Sven Väth on Hart House Records and that was the
beginning of Koxbox
PM: You have a new album out called “Scanner”. How
long did “Scanner” Album take to make from start to
finish?
FR: The “Scanner” took a couple of years to make with a lot
of work in the studio
PM: how did you come up with that name?
“if you have a look at the album
cover, you will understand.”
FR: I just think the name
Scanner covers all the stories in my music on the new album and if you have a look at the
album cover, you will understand.
PM: What kind of ‘sound’, production wise,
did you have in the back of your mind, prior to entering the studio?
FR: I wanted to make something different as
I think a lot of bands sounds the same today.
I tried to come up with new ideas but still
keeping the Koxbox sound
PM: Any overall theme of mood that
you’re trying to capture while writing your
latest album?
FR: Yes, we made a lot of good music in the
old days, and I definitely try to capture the
good part of the old story and make it together with the new sound of today.
PM: Does your vision for coming up with
music get affected by decades passed?
FR: I like to create journeys and stories in my
music
PM: Did you intend to wait almost ten
years before releasing your “Scanner” album? why you didn’t release earlier an album?
FR: A lot of things was going on in my personal life, I worked on a lot of side projects. I
did actually make a lot of music but I didn´t
make an album until now.
PM: With all the traveling you do what’s
one must have to keep producing music?
PM: What was the most challenging part
about making “Scanner” Album?
PM: Are we alone in the universe or is
there something or someone else out
there?
FR: It wasn´t challenging at all. It was a lot of
fun and pure pleasure
PM: What’s the mindset when you go into
the studio to work on a new track?
FR: To make some good music that keeps the
people smiling on the dancefloor.
FR: A computer.
FR: There is definitely something out there
somewhere, just listen to my music, maybe it
will take you there.
PM: Thank you for your time Frank e!
FR: It was my pleasure.
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